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they live 5 blocks away, jim has the ability to walk to work. and his kids can come and visit him and i bring my two sons from the east bay to go and visit them and i just really hope that they are able to stay in their community to have a small business on their corner. thank you. >> gerbing robinson, robert perez, robert francor and jim angles and robert dau son. and rilely varm en. bartlett. sorry, laura gilty. >> my name is michael stern and thank you for the time to speak today. the addition and the value to the neighborhood has already been covered and i agree with that tremendously and i love stopping by on sundays with my family to get a coffee and a breakfast and it is just a wonderful addition and to hear from the perspective as a business person in san francisco and i have started numerous businesses in san francisco and i have conducted business with jim, and i have to say that he has the utmost integrity and we need more business people like jim within the community and within the san francisco. when jim says that he is going to do
they live 5 blocks away, jim has the ability to walk to work. and his kids can come and visit him and i bring my two sons from the east bay to go and visit them and i just really hope that they are able to stay in their community to have a small business on their corner. thank you. >> gerbing robinson, robert perez, robert francor and jim angles and robert dau son. and rilely varm en. bartlett. sorry, laura gilty. >> my name is michael stern and thank you for the time to speak...
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chef ed roehr wasted no time turning them into a delicious dish. >> jim's been a great help in us for learning what we can get in the area and how we can get those items here. well, without a connection to the food, you know, i think when you're trying to make food as close to the farm to table as possible-- we are busy, our calendar is busy all the time, and the reality of the matter is is as a chef of a place like this, i don't even have a lot of time to cook. it's almost--there's s@ much going on, and having somebody that you can depend on and somebody you can trust, that gives us the confidence to go out to our clients and our guests here in the cafe and say, you know, "this is what we told you it was. this is from here. and this is where it comes from." and that's a big deal. information is a big deal. >> the restaurant has an extremely busy kitchen. but to mills, who's in his sixties, it's like home from home. he knows about the stresses chefs face, since he used to be one. for 14 years, he was the head chef for randy pary@ary restaurants in sacramento. today, he's traded in his
chef ed roehr wasted no time turning them into a delicious dish. >> jim's been a great help in us for learning what we can get in the area and how we can get those items here. well, without a connection to the food, you know, i think when you're trying to make food as close to the farm to table as possible-- we are busy, our calendar is busy all the time, and the reality of the matter is is as a chef of a place like this, i don't even have a lot of time to cook. it's almost--there's s@...
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. >> commissioners i'm you jim haas. i'd like to - these microphones you have to swallow them to make them work properly. i want to condominium on the heritage report. i served on the federal advisory council on historic preservation under president carter in the 70s. at the time that the secretary standards were being developed. those were developed for a narrow purpose to deal with the tax credit and to protect the tax treasurer. i've you witnessed the expansion of those guidelines and scope of application in ways i've never expected and it's had an effect on people in their be feblt to use the historic resources. there's been a reaction to that in the 21st century from a gentleman at notre dame. some of you attended his lecturer. i have a paper that summarizes the theme. that has brought forward a go robust discussion on the secretary standards. now the spear heritage report overlooks that doesn't mention that. i find it startling and i've interviewed 5 members of the committee that said it wasn't discussed. that's qu
. >> commissioners i'm you jim haas. i'd like to - these microphones you have to swallow them to make them work properly. i want to condominium on the heritage report. i served on the federal advisory council on historic preservation under president carter in the 70s. at the time that the secretary standards were being developed. those were developed for a narrow purpose to deal with the tax credit and to protect the tax treasurer. i've you witnessed the expansion of those guidelines and...
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look, jim has a dream, mr. angeles. start a business, provide for his family, build something great. the american dream. that's what is, it's all it is. it's being attacked by people who refer to him as al capone running an empire. referred to as a bank robber. the fact is he's running his business legally. he wants to continue. he is building and enhancing the community. as you heard from everybody behind me. we can't shut down small businesses. we do that, we are no longer san francisco. period. my advice to you is to let him stay open, let him reopen, let him build his business, provide for his family, build his dream, let him be an american. i had a lot more to say, one thing i want to say is that it sad that we are here. it's totally unnecessary. you can thank the three people. thanks. >> next speaker, please. >> i'm nervous. but i'm also here in support. thank you for your time and i will make it short and sweet. i completely lost what i was about to say. well, with everybody else here. thank you for your time. >>
look, jim has a dream, mr. angeles. start a business, provide for his family, build something great. the american dream. that's what is, it's all it is. it's being attacked by people who refer to him as al capone running an empire. referred to as a bank robber. the fact is he's running his business legally. he wants to continue. he is building and enhancing the community. as you heard from everybody behind me. we can't shut down small businesses. we do that, we are no longer san francisco....
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very good, jim. you know, i want to complement vanna on her response. i think that transition from young adulthood to adulthood is-from a cultural perspective, we've made that transition longer now. and i don't know that that's a good thing or a bad thing, but i do think that for me, i think there are ways to help everyone establish independence and become productive members of society, and i would hope that we would be able to see that just because a young adult or a high school student struggles with substance abuse or mental health issues, that they not be thrown on the trash heap, so to speak. because i think, you know, a priest who i like mentioned once that if you're not in recovery, you're probably in denial. and so, all of us have our own personal issues, and so i think acknowledging and understanding the need for recovery supportive services both at the adolescent and young adult stages is important, and so- i'm going to do a followup question for you. ok. if i was an administrator of a university or a high school principal, what would you tell
very good, jim. you know, i want to complement vanna on her response. i think that transition from young adulthood to adulthood is-from a cultural perspective, we've made that transition longer now. and i don't know that that's a good thing or a bad thing, but i do think that for me, i think there are ways to help everyone establish independence and become productive members of society, and i would hope that we would be able to see that just because a young adult or a high school student...
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jim mccormick. today's talk is fences and retaining walls. and one of the things i found most interesting is to show slides and talk about what we see in the slides as a way to trigger comments from our guests and your comments and questions as well. i think we have -- i have slides that i'm going to show you, basically three or four different pieces. the first piece is fences along the street. the second one is fence in people's back yards. the third part might be commercial fences. another part is retaining walls and maybe retaining walls that have fences on top. we have a lot of them in san francisco. and then retaining walls and issues related to retaining walls. we have a series of slides about that. and i will start by talking about this first slide, which is so atypical in san francisco. a white picket fence in san francisco. this is what we usually do not see. but there are very specific rules, and the rules say that where you have a fence on the front property line, you may not need a per knit. -- permit. you can build a fence withou
jim mccormick. today's talk is fences and retaining walls. and one of the things i found most interesting is to show slides and talk about what we see in the slides as a way to trigger comments from our guests and your comments and questions as well. i think we have -- i have slides that i'm going to show you, basically three or four different pieces. the first piece is fences along the street. the second one is fence in people's back yards. the third part might be commercial fences. another...
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i'm jim rubin, rubin junius and rose representing kill roy again. you remember we were 333 brannan as well. just happens these were on the same calendar. we are going to show you an abbreviated architectural presentation of the project itself. however, late 2011, five of the seven of you saw that project before so what i'm going to do is spend a little bit of time talking about the unusual situation that we're in. it's not untoward at all, it's just unusual because we're here asking to add height to a building that's already under construction. what actually happened is that the property was zoned by a german pension fund named gol and they started building this project meaning they started the entitlement prosis for this project under the old zoning and then the tcdp started to get studied and gol elected to continue under the old zoning, try to get their project entitled, and probably built as a competitive advantage for one thing, ahead of the enactment of the tdcp. it was a reasonable decision to make at the time. there was a full e-i-r done for
i'm jim rubin, rubin junius and rose representing kill roy again. you remember we were 333 brannan as well. just happens these were on the same calendar. we are going to show you an abbreviated architectural presentation of the project itself. however, late 2011, five of the seven of you saw that project before so what i'm going to do is spend a little bit of time talking about the unusual situation that we're in. it's not untoward at all, it's just unusual because we're here asking to add...
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and we would like to thank ron and jim. as you said my name is mark barton and this is my wife jackie. we have three children. james is 12, natalie is eleven and daniel 7. three months ago today on december 14th, i held his little hand as we walked to the bus. i kissed him good-bye. for as you know, will be the last time. daniel as any parent will tell you that their child is special, but what was special about daniel is his kindness. he had a very unique compassionate part of his person. if you noticed the classmate sitting alone, he would ask the teacher to be excused to go and comfort that classmate. his cousins were moved by this to the point where they wanted to set up a facebook site to honor his kindness, they call it what would daniel do, wwdd. this tech effort, that you guys are doing, is something that daniel would do. this is what daniel would do. he would look into his heart and try to fix things and we can't tell you how much or how deeply it touches us that you are looking into your hearts, taking your time an
and we would like to thank ron and jim. as you said my name is mark barton and this is my wife jackie. we have three children. james is 12, natalie is eleven and daniel 7. three months ago today on december 14th, i held his little hand as we walked to the bus. i kissed him good-bye. for as you know, will be the last time. daniel as any parent will tell you that their child is special, but what was special about daniel is his kindness. he had a very unique compassionate part of his person. if...
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and the parents, jim, because that is an incredibly good point. you know, sometimes parents may be somewhat dismissive when the young person, or their child, is demonstrating those characteristics that you just pointed out, correct? and what should they be paying attention to? i think it's not only dismissive, but it's also stigma, and frequently people, they're just embarrassed, they're concerned, "oh, my child's different." there's an initial grief of loss of that "normal child," so to speak. before they can even get to a point of reaching out and asking for help and seeking recovery, they've got to go through the denial process of, "wow, my kid may have some mental health issues." and so, until they can get into that place of acceptance, there's no way for them to seek help and find recovery. ben, you're in recovery yourself. and from a perspective, and we've talked about some of the dynamics that go on in families that really are not as supportive as one would want them to be. what would you say to young people that are in a difficult family s
and the parents, jim, because that is an incredibly good point. you know, sometimes parents may be somewhat dismissive when the young person, or their child, is demonstrating those characteristics that you just pointed out, correct? and what should they be paying attention to? i think it's not only dismissive, but it's also stigma, and frequently people, they're just embarrassed, they're concerned, "oh, my child's different." there's an initial grief of loss of that "normal...
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. >> jim santos, steven humphries. >> good afternoon, mr. santos. >> thanks, good afternoon, my name is jim santos and i work for a company called taxi magic. we provide the nation's largest e-hailing system for booking a taxi via smart phone. i just wanted to touch on the e-hailing factor here. what i wanted to speak mostly about is the cost factor and the complexity of doing what the proposal has. i think that the cost is grossly underestimated in terms of the effort needed to build such a system. i wanted to touch on a few facts. no city has ever created a system remotely similar to this mainly because the private market is already offering data for free and e-hailing systems from companies like ours for free. the vendor you have chosen has never built a system like the one you have in this proposal so they have zero experience building a system that is being proposed. they have one city that they have employee drivers in las vegas where they have attempted to build some software. the private markets raised over half a billion dollars cre
. >> jim santos, steven humphries. >> good afternoon, mr. santos. >> thanks, good afternoon, my name is jim santos and i work for a company called taxi magic. we provide the nation's largest e-hailing system for booking a taxi via smart phone. i just wanted to touch on the e-hailing factor here. what i wanted to speak mostly about is the cost factor and the complexity of doing what the proposal has. i think that the cost is grossly underestimated in terms of the effort needed...
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as jim mentioned those projects take time to put together those team. our collective team is really a new team so we're starting from today to put together this project including finalizing the time and the construction so there's a ramp up period to bring on the new team and our new contractor to also got out and final listed our contradiction team and all the related planning and process that goes ♪ securing that financing before we, move forward. those are obviously a significant number of hurdles. we can this stuff doesn't come easy in san francisco. so we're asking respectfully we be given >> anything else from project sponsor. >> i wanted you to know there are a number of letters of sport. >> thank you. >> and no opposition we're aware of. >> okay opening up to public comment two names. >> good evening i'm the xvd executive director i'm not only the executive director but i'm speaking for both organizations. hotels bring jobs full-time jobs all provided through the hotel industry. we're employing san francisco residents. we have over $200 millio
as jim mentioned those projects take time to put together those team. our collective team is really a new team so we're starting from today to put together this project including finalizing the time and the construction so there's a ramp up period to bring on the new team and our new contractor to also got out and final listed our contradiction team and all the related planning and process that goes ♪ securing that financing before we, move forward. those are obviously a significant number of...
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. >> dave johnson i think that jim put forward some ideas. every building has a place where the mechanical systems come together and have to vent. the explosion of getting that building closer to stan ignored is something we need to do. and there's some other things we need to incorporate as well. that corner of the building is where a lot of venting and garage exhaust have to come out. so we're going to have to work on that >> commissioner. >> i appreciate the flexibility of the architect and the owner to accommodate and listen to some of the comments made by all commissioners retail on all sides of the baby boomer lobby and it creates a more skilled project. particular when it's on either side of the public open space. i'm generally very comfortable with the building including some of the compromises that's been created. the idea that the department considers the parking. the thing i'd like to ask and perhaps mr. rubin can answer. i'd be very intrigued to see the adjacent property coming up into the foreclose. i'm also concerned since the n
. >> dave johnson i think that jim put forward some ideas. every building has a place where the mechanical systems come together and have to vent. the explosion of getting that building closer to stan ignored is something we need to do. and there's some other things we need to incorporate as well. that corner of the building is where a lot of venting and garage exhaust have to come out. so we're going to have to work on that >> commissioner. >> i appreciate the flexibility of...
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>> jim hill followed by june martin. >> good afternoon. my name is jim hill i'm a resident of the bay view area. i've been there 51 years. the t train -- i have ridden it and it does turnaround at 23 rd street. i don't understand why a man would turn a train around with a full load of people, put them off and have experienced 45 minutes to an hour for another train to come and i live at the senior also building with the lady that spoke -- miss jacki. we live there in the building together but it's not -- i don't think it's -- it shouldn't be an issue of racist it's just it should be kept for us to get to and from you know, and it's not -- i don't think it's right for a person to be put off the train and he's going in to turnaround and go back downtown and we have to go home, you know. yeah. that's all i have to say. i wish you people would do something about it and put more trains on during the commute hours -- i mean more cars and they tell us when the baseball game and football game is on i don't think a person should work all day and ha
>> jim hill followed by june martin. >> good afternoon. my name is jim hill i'm a resident of the bay view area. i've been there 51 years. the t train -- i have ridden it and it does turnaround at 23 rd street. i don't understand why a man would turn a train around with a full load of people, put them off and have experienced 45 minutes to an hour for another train to come and i live at the senior also building with the lady that spoke -- miss jacki. we live there in the building...
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in addition i want to thank our volunteers former supervisor jim gonzales and former mayor willie brown. and christina and assistant district attorney. 20 years ago in san francisco with support of the mayor's office and the board of supervisors and the redevelopment agency we dedicated this land to be able to share this great land to be fully realized but us by 20 fourteen. and today with the hard work of many, many people over the last decades we have a dream. our future homes here at the justice department i jury the jewish museum to the right and the museum to my right the other museums and we have a center of the arts and to the west the filipino center and the san francisco museum. together we have per certified and this will soon be complete with the edition of the mexican museum. i hope i don't forget remember in weddings the only people that don't forget with are the people who didn't get viefltd. thank you to the many supporters throughout the years were a very special thanks to the many artists who's art is in the museum and to the teachers who bring their students interest a
in addition i want to thank our volunteers former supervisor jim gonzales and former mayor willie brown. and christina and assistant district attorney. 20 years ago in san francisco with support of the mayor's office and the board of supervisors and the redevelopment agency we dedicated this land to be able to share this great land to be fully realized but us by 20 fourteen. and today with the hard work of many, many people over the last decades we have a dream. our future homes here at the...
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of supervisors designation of 1712 to 1716 street historically noeng known as marcus book store and jim boss bob of section of the planning code. this is a historic moment for me. i was working behind the counter of marcus book store. i think the next step needs to be national landmark designation. thanks >> thank you. two more speaker cards (calling names) >> morning, commissioners. i just wanted to ask for a little bit of clarification on the commissioners condominiums regarding flexibility and referring to article 10 as a guideline. as you're aware there's litigation surrounding this property. we're certainly in support of preserving his history and we don't want any of the commissions decisions made on this property to influence the outcome of litigation. that would help both parties in that common understanding. thank you >> thank you good afternoon. i'm mr. anderson. i recently helped to save the landmark of marcus book store it was a 9 month battle against city bank and we raised $175,000. i understand how important the marcus book store is to the african-american community. it's
of supervisors designation of 1712 to 1716 street historically noeng known as marcus book store and jim boss bob of section of the planning code. this is a historic moment for me. i was working behind the counter of marcus book store. i think the next step needs to be national landmark designation. thanks >> thank you. two more speaker cards (calling names) >> morning, commissioners. i just wanted to ask for a little bit of clarification on the commissioners condominiums regarding...
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jim. >> good afternoon. i'm jim. i.e., represent the vice president pat is ill and not able to leave home at this point. we want to add our support to this lease provision p we spent a tremendous amount of time with jim summers and we found which usually we're on the other side of the table but in this specific project we're extremely pleased with the kind of cooperation that we had. the kind of assistance and understanding the complex issues that the folks in the area had concerns about. we got a lot of straight information wherever we asked our questions. i think i can. for the general population that the community is pleased with the process. and we're extremely pleased with the final outcome. there will be a community fund established and that will be funded by albert. there are making a generous donation to argue response project in the community. we are extremely supportive. and the chances that this lease revision will allow will mitigate many of the major concerns we had about the original proposal quarry. so
jim. >> good afternoon. i'm jim. i.e., represent the vice president pat is ill and not able to leave home at this point. we want to add our support to this lease provision p we spent a tremendous amount of time with jim summers and we found which usually we're on the other side of the table but in this specific project we're extremely pleased with the kind of cooperation that we had. the kind of assistance and understanding the complex issues that the folks in the area had concerns about....
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i want to thank or sponsors, kicker and van ness and jim and douglas and maratel and investigations. i would like to thank all the volunteers who made this possible. kathy, angela and everyone else who helped out today. i want to express my gratitude to the san francisco library for the last ten years and there is san francisco government tv and this is going to be broadcast throughout the year. so thank you. i would like to thank julie tron from the bar association. the bar association has been our partners in terms of providing defense for poor people. in cases where the public defender is not able to provide representation, those cases are handled by the private bar and they are doing an incredible job. so thank you very much for that. i want to thank jose as a who is a public defender and here to celebrate with us. we are going to start today by showing a brief video explaining the gideon decisions >> take this empty lot. today you would never know it but history was made here. mostly all is gone and so are the people. the principle they left is still standing. it was almost as b
i want to thank or sponsors, kicker and van ness and jim and douglas and maratel and investigations. i would like to thank all the volunteers who made this possible. kathy, angela and everyone else who helped out today. i want to express my gratitude to the san francisco library for the last ten years and there is san francisco government tv and this is going to be broadcast throughout the year. so thank you. i would like to thank julie tron from the bar association. the bar association has...
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officer jim cunningham joined the san francisco police department -- he was a aid in 1988 and became a police officer in 1997. we have lieutenant gaetano caltagirone which i have known since we were five years old. he is a native san franciscan and entered the police department in 1995 and became sergeant and rank of lieutenant in 2010 and served in many of the district stations and then we have officer antonette also known as annie valenzuela and she's the lead of the san francisco police honor guard. officer valenzuela entered the police department 1988 and served in various assignments including the academy and officer derrick lee who joined the police department in 1998. he too served in many of the district stations and these officers have gone to the airport for a different assignment but they went there for a reason that day to save live and what we were told starting with officer cunningham that when firefighters went up to fight the fire he was on the plane and was pulling off. lieutenant caltagirone arrived and he with the other officers were throwing knives up so passenger
officer jim cunningham joined the san francisco police department -- he was a aid in 1988 and became a police officer in 1997. we have lieutenant gaetano caltagirone which i have known since we were five years old. he is a native san franciscan and entered the police department in 1995 and became sergeant and rank of lieutenant in 2010 and served in many of the district stations and then we have officer antonette also known as annie valenzuela and she's the lead of the san francisco police...
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. >> jim, combrag. i'm jim i'm the chair the citizens bond oversight committee it was created to propose 59 and its duties includes the spending of the body revenues to make sure their extended only as described. the committee is charged with mooment be bond revenue see any - the cdc meet to review and discuss the proposed policy to establish the projects under the 2011. give the restriction of the bond composed by the voters. we have some projected additional costs to the bond project as a result of higher results. the district commissions an independent third party economists to assess how the project would impact the administrative cost and two it have a legal opinion the legal higher propose would not violate the propose. it's based on purely statutory. it's not based on the ability of the district to serve as the engine or the potential to create jobs for the public. the cb oc requests to the district are motivated that clearly day that a higher policy can be implemented given the absence and the a
. >> jim, combrag. i'm jim i'm the chair the citizens bond oversight committee it was created to propose 59 and its duties includes the spending of the body revenues to make sure their extended only as described. the committee is charged with mooment be bond revenue see any - the cdc meet to review and discuss the proposed policy to establish the projects under the 2011. give the restriction of the bond composed by the voters. we have some projected additional costs to the bond project as...